Rather than say, 'no such project has yet been built,' people should instead recognize that such projects are imminent and should help them get built.

We know the issues out there, we know how to address them and deal with them if we commit the resources and our time and our dedication.

We have made promises, we have signed the line in treaty agreements, and we have trust responsibilities.

I applaud your strong, bipartisan leadership along with that of Senator Murkowski in identifying the need for systemic change.

presuming we do--and I think we will--it will include, likely, $4.4 to $4.6 billion for the Corps of Engineers.

I would bring back the inlet debate in future sessions of the Congress, but for now, the outlet is what is needed.

We want to be able to be prepared to fight it as completely and fully as we can.

The issue is, you want people to be aware of it and then to have enough information for the folks in the city to begin making preparations.

Nothing would make me more--feel better if we could just sit in city hall and watch the river go by.

At 1,454 feet--let's not always assume the worst, but, for this discussion, let me assume that we get to 1,453-1,454 feet.

The fact is, we have the only lake flooding in the United States that has been pretty devastating to a region.

If it snowed 23 days in one month in December would that predict anything about an extraordinary snowfall in the following spring?